RealBottleneckCalculator

Core i5-3450S

Modelled frame rate limit of 57 FPS. That is roughly the fastest this processor can feed a graphics card in a modern AAA title, no matter which card you fit.

Best match at each resolution

ResolutionClosest matched cardEstimated FPS
1080p GeForce GTX 1660 Super 53
1440p GeForce RTX 5050 57
4K Radeon RX 9070 GRE 57

"Closest matched" means the two parts run out of headroom at about the same frame rate, so neither is obviously wasted. A faster card is still worth buying if you plan to raise the resolution later.

The cards it lands closest to

The 24 graphics cards whose frame rate limit sits nearest this processor's, fastest first. Anything faster than the top of this table is wasted on it at 1080p, and anything slower is a card it will never trouble. For any other combination, use the calculator.

Graphics card 1080p1440p4K
GeForce RTX 2070 Super 57 cpu 57 cpu 36 gpu
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 57 cpu 57 cpu 36 gpu
Radeon RX 7600 XT 57 cpu 57 cpu 36 gpu
Radeon RX 6700 57 cpu 57 cpu 36 gpu
Radeon RX 5700 XT 57 cpu 57 cpu 36 gpu
Radeon RX 7600 57 cpu 57 cpu 35 gpu
Radeon RX 6650 XT 57 cpu 57 cpu 34 gpu
Intel Arc A770 16GB 57 cpu 57 cpu 34 gpu
GeForce RTX 5050 57 cpu 57 even 32 gpu
Radeon RX 6600 XT 57 cpu 57 even 32 gpu
Radeon RX 5700 57 cpu 57 even 32 gpu
Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid 57 cpu 57 even 32 gpu
Intel Arc B570 57 cpu 57 even 32 gpu
Intel Arc A770 8GB 57 cpu 57 even 32 gpu
GeForce RTX 2070 57 cpu 56 even 31 gpu
GeForce RTX 3060 57 cpu 55 even 30 gpu
Radeon RX Vega 64 57 cpu 55 even 30 gpu
Intel Arc A750 57 cpu 55 even 30 gpu
GeForce RTX 2060 Super 57 cpu 53 gpu 29 gpu
GeForce RTX 3060 8GB 57 cpu 51 gpu 28 gpu
GeForce GTX 1080 57 cpu 51 gpu 28 gpu
Radeon RX 5600 XT 57 cpu 47 gpu 26 gpu
GeForce RTX 2060 12GB 57 cpu 50 gpu 27 gpu
Radeon RX 6600 57 cpu 50 gpu 27 gpu

The tag after each number says which part hits its limit first.

Specifications

ManufacturerIntel
Cores4
Threads4
Released2012